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Patent GB-190419953-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Guiding or Guiding and Distending Textile Piece Goods in Bleaching, Printing, Drying and like Operations.
Inventor: MYCOCK WILLIAM
Filed: 1904-09-16
Granted: 1905-08-24
Abstract: 19,953. Mycock, W. Sept. 16. Printing fabrics.-Fig. 2 is a plan of a set of rollers for guiding or guiding and distending textile piece-goods during printing &c. The rollers a and the rod b, of which combination there may be any number, are carried by plates c which are connected by pins d with pieces consisting of sleeves e' and a tubular piece e<1>. The sleeves c<2> slide upon studs f carried by a swivel plate g pivotally carried in a frame h attached to the framework of the machine. Spiral springs i in tension or compression are placed on either side of the sleeves, so that any inequality of pressure will cause the bearings to yield, whereby a central pivoting arrangement such as is commonly used is dispensed with. The springs may be replaced by weighted levers, and the rollers a by several tubular pieces free to rotate on bars. The bars or rollers may be straight or curved, or they may be inclined to each other and to the cloth according as it is desired to obtain a distending effect or not. The Provisional Specification also states that the supports or ends of the bars or rollers are connected or hinged to inclined struts or radius rods, so that uneven pressure causes a motion of translation transversely to the direction in which the cloth travels.
Patent GB-190421938-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Furnace Brick for use at the Tops and Fronts of Furnaces
Inventor: JACKSON THOMAS
Filed: 1904-10-12
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 21,938. Jackson, T. Oct. 12. Firebricks ; building-blocks and slabs, refactory. A brick, block, or slab for the tops and fronts of furnaces &c. is provided with a central moulded-in tube b, for the reception of a bolt c, having at one end a head c<1> bearing against a washer e<1>, and at the other end either a slot through which a cottar d can be passed or a screw thread to receive a nut. By this means disintegration is prevented in the event of the splitting of the fireclay body of the brick under the influence of heat. The tube lining the central perforation may be dispensed with.
Patent GB-190501414-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Automatic Valves for Water Heaters and the like.
Inventor: WINTERFLOOD ALBERT CHARLES HEN
Filed: 1905-01-24
Granted: 1905-07-13
Abstract: 1414. Winterflood, A. C. H. Jan. 24. Actuating valves.-In water-heaters, geysers; and the like, lever or toothed mechanism is arranged between the water valve and the gas valve, so that the former is opened slightly in advance of the latter. A chamber containing the gas valve 5 is secured to a chamber containing the water valve 6, preferably by a bracket or bridge 10, which can be attached to the heater by its plates 11. As shown in Fig. 2, the free ends of the spindles of the water and gas valves are adapted to Dear against the ends of a rocking lever 12. A space is left between the end of a valve spindle and the adjacent end of the lever so that the water valve rises slightly on opening, before it depresses the valve 5 to allow gas to pass to the burners. In a similar arrangement, in which the gas valve opens upwards, the lever 12 is replaced by two levers. The adjacent ends of these levers bear against each other, while the other ends are in proximity to the free ends of the spindles of the water valve and gas valve respectively. In another arrangement, the lever may terminate in tooth-quadrants, the teeth of which mesh loosely with racks on the free ends of the valve spindles. Fig. 5 shows a further modification in which two gear-wheels 18, 19 mesh loosely with each other and with teeth on the spindles. When the water supply is turned off, the valves are closed by the action of gravity or springs 22.
Patent GB-190502191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water-gauges for Steam Boilers and the like.
Inventor: WAIBL ALBERT
Filed: 1905-02-03
Granted: 1905-08-03
Abstract: 2191. Waibl, A. Feb. 3. Gauge-glass fittings.-Relates to means for automatically closing the passage to a gauge glass should the latter be accidentally broken. The glass d is secured between the valves a<2>, a<20> by screwing the sleeve b outwards from the support m. If the glass breaks, the valves a<1>, a<10>, which are attached to the spindles of the valves a<2>, a<20>, are forced, by the pressure in the boiler, on their seats, thus closing communication with the boiler. The valve spindles are loosely guided in their passages by means of ribs. The ends of the glass are held tightly by means of packing in sockets c, c<1>, formed with annular flanges e, e<1>, which fit in corresponding recesses in the valves a<2>, a<20>. The supports m, n are connected by a rod i, and are each provided with stop-cocks, as shown.
Patent GB-190505792-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Turbines.
Inventor: COOPER ALFRED JOPLING
Filed: 1905-03-20
Granted: 1906-02-08
Abstract: 5792. Cooper, A. J. March 20. Impact-wheels.-A reversible impact-wheel of the Pelton-wheel type is shown in Figs. 1 and 3. A jet of steam or other fluid from a nozzle impinges on the centre of a drum a and flows to the right and left along curved channels or buckets c. The curvature of the buckets is large at the point of entry, and the curve flattens and the bucket deepens towards the outlet. Similar but reversed sets of channels o are formed inside the drum, and are supplied by lateral nozzles p and exhaust through the interior of the drum into the lateral steam chambers g. In a modification, the reversing- channels are straight tapered passages and two sets may be used, the second set leading from the centre to the ends of the drum, so that the steam is effective as it returns from the centre of the drum. In another modification, only one set of reversing-channels is used, and the exhaust passes through central passages and through the hollow shaft. The shaft may have a connexion to the boiler steam so that steam may be passed through the reversing-channels in the contrary direction to assist the forward driving of the turbine. The channels on the drum may be made in sections of straight portions and the drum may be subdivided, each part containing one channel section and the parts when fitted together forming approximatelycurved channels. The turbine may be compounded.
Patent GB-190509479-A (GB)
Filed: 1905-05-05
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 9479. Electric and Ordnance Accessories Co., and Hall, R. F. May 5. Lighting, systems of.- Relates to electric lighting-systems for trains, tramcars, and other vehicles, in which two sets of accumulators are employed in conjunction with a dynamo driven from the axle of the vehicle, a controlling-device comprising two compound - wound solenoids alternately connecting each set of accumulators to the dynamo and lamp circuit so that, while one set is supplying current to the lamps, the other set is being charged by the dynamo. The circuits of the shunt windings e<x> of the solenoids E<1>, E<2> are alternately completed by a two-way switch E<3>, which is operated by the cores of the solenoids acting through ratchet mechanism. When the switch E<3> is in the position in which the shunt winding of the solenoid E<1> is energized, the battery B<1> is connected to the dynamo A through the series winding e of the same solenoid, the battery B<2> being connected through the contact carried by the core of the solenoid E<2> to the lamp circuit, to which with the dynamo A it supplies current. When the speed of the vehicle slackens and the electromotive force of the dynamo falls below that of the battery B<1>, the two windings e, e<x> will act in opposition, and the core of the solenoid E<1> will be drawn downwards by a spring. The downward movement of the core operates the two-way switch E<3> to break the circuit of the shunt winding e<x> on the solenoid E<1> and complete the circuit of the corresponding winding on the solenoid E', so that, when the vehicle again starts or accelerates, the core of the solenoid E<2> rises and connects the battery B<2> to the dynamo A, the battery B<1> being connected through the switch F<1> to the lamp circuit. The current from the dynamo A to the lamps is regulated by automatically varying the resistance R by means of a centrifugal governor.
Patent GB-190510805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sanitary Dustbins.
Inventor: MONTAGNE HIPOLYTE
Filed: 1905-05-23
Granted: 1906-04-19
Abstract: 10,805. Montagne, H., and Klein, F. May 23. Hinges for the lids of dust-bins. A shank g is hinged to the lid and is adapted to fit in a socket g' on the side of the bin so that the lid may be entirely removed.
Patent GB-190511207-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Beating, or Pulping, Engines
Inventor: DUCKWORTH WILLIAM
Filed: 1905-05-29
Granted: 1906-02-22
Abstract: 11,207. Duckworth, W. May 29. Pulping-engines.-In order that the material being pulped shall be better mixed and circulated, the shaft b of the beating-roll may be provided with right and left handed helical blades a, acting to displace the material laterally or approximately so, or with similarly-acting propeller blades, scoops, or other equivalent, of the same diameter throughout or of varying diameter as required. Extra shafts b<2>, driven from the roll shaft, may be provided.
Patent GB-190511609-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Preparation of Material for Filling the Handles of Sticks and Umbrellas and for like purposes
Inventor: RICHTER ALFRED
Filed: 1905-06-02
Granted: 1905-09-28
Abstract: 11,609. Richter, A., and Gl³ck, T. June 2, 1904, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Metalwork, ornamental. -Relates to improvements in the preparation of material for filling the handles of sticks and umbrellas and for like purposes described in Specification No. 13,308, A.D. 1903. Burnt alum is mixed with water and boiled for some minutes until the amount of water contained in the mass is about 30 per cent, and the mass thus produced is pourel into the handle. It is stated that this mass sets in the form of a hard marble-like substance which is not affected by water.
Patent GB-190513895-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Inventor: SHAUGHNESSY MARTIN J
Filed: 1905-07-05
Granted: 1906-07-05
Abstract: 13,895. Lake, H. H., [Shaughnessy, M. J.]. July 5. Circular knitting-machines.-Relates to the production of patterns by allowing suitably-cut engaging-wheels to spring certain needles in front of adjacent needles and transfer the loops thereto. Preferably, the needles are clamped in a vertical position to a rotating trick-cylinder, and are operated by looping and other knitting wheels of ordinary construction, after which a "gathering " wheel " 11, Figs. 3 and 11, with oblique notches 19 engages, say, every fourth needle 2<a> and brings it in front of the needle 2<b> following, by means of teeth 20 with inclined faces 21. The approximate radial alinement of pairs of needles 2<a>, 2<b> is ensured by the engagement therewith of notches 24 on an auxiliary overlapping wheel 12. The loop on the needle 2<b> is then forced over the head of the needle 2<a> by means of a leather disk 25, Fig. 9, mounted on a swivelling axle 36 and yieldingly forced down on the wheel 12 by a spring 35. An adjacent wheel holds down the web and draws the loops on the needles 2<a>, 2<b> below the beards. A landing wheel then forces the loops upwards while a suitably-cut wheel closes the beard of the needle 2<b>, by which means the loop thereon, after being knocked over its original needle 2<b>, is left on the ncedle 2<a>. By placing the wheel 11, Fig. 9, on the inside, not only is it applicable to a smaller diameter of needle cylinder than would otherwise be possible, but the tension of the web enables the needles to withstand the thrust put on them, while a corresponding reduction in height of the needle-clamping plates 40 permits a larger amount of deflexion in the needles, without injury. It is desirable that longer loops should be sunk on the transferring needles, and the latter are enabled to resist the extra strain by a vertical tricked needlesupporting wheel conveniently carried in a skeleton cam for holding down the web. A suitable tension is placed on the web by drawing it over the edge of a rotatable wheel 45.
Patent GB-190519180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Portland Cement.
Inventor: PETERS HENRY
Filed: 1905-09-22
Granted: 1906-08-09
Abstract: 19,180. Peters, H. Sept. 22. Drawings to Specification. Cements.-Portland cement is made from a mixture of slurry and coal which is first dried and then burnt in lumps in a vertical or like kiln with the aid of an air blast.
Patent GB-190523482-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Radiators for Motor Cars, Condensers, and the like.
Filed: 1905-11-15
Granted: 1906-07-19
Abstract: 23,482. Doherty, W. H., and Doherty Motor Components, Ltd. Nov. 15. Condensers. - Relates to a motor-car radiator or condenser of the gilled-tube type having the appearance of a honeycomb radiator. Rectangular gills B are bent over at their upper and lower ends as at B<1>, and have their front edges doubled back as at B<3>. Recesses B' in the gills are adapted to receive wires, bars, or strips C, preferably of the channelled form shown. The whole is dipped in a tinning or plating bath, and faced off with emery.
Patent GB-190525501-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks
Inventor: MEYER GOTTFRIED
Filed: 1905-12-07
Granted: 1906-04-12
Abstract: 25,501. Meyer, G. Dec. 7. Latches.-The latch bolt c is pivoted at e to the casing a and is provided with a hook n which is adapted to engage with a pivoted catch m in the staple b. The bolt is released by means of the follower g.
Patent GB-190602323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Actions of Piano Players.
Inventor: JENKINSON SAMUEL
Filed: 1906-01-30
Granted: 1907-02-28
Abstract: 2323. Jenkinson, S. Jan. 30. Automatic instruments. - A pneumatic piano player may operate upon the keys, the key levers at their rear ends, or the hammer action, and may be enclosed in an ordinary piano case. The vacuum chamber e, Fig. 1, is preferably arranged in an upright position, and comprises a puff-board d, a valve board n, and a board g with apertures h in which guides j for the valve stems k are inserted. These guides consist of longitudinal sections cut from cylindrical pieces turned to fit the holes h ; they -may be bored out as shown. The valves, preferably comprising disks p, q and distancepieces r, fit somewhat tightly on the stems k, so that adjustment can be effected by pulling the stems through the valves. When fitted inside the instrument, the player is mounted upon cross-bars 11, 12, Fig. 4, and is secured by brackets 13 to a cross-bar 10. The motor pneumatics s, acting downwardly, are connected by rods 16, levers 18 and rods 20, sliding in guides 21, 22, to rods 23, 28 connected by felt joints and suspended by links 25, 30 ; rollers or wedge-shaped surfaces may be provided. The rods 28 engage the action at a point near that engaged by the key lever 34, and the arrangement can be fitted to any ordinary piano by reason of the adjustability of the rods 28.
Patent GB-190604355-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Accumulator Grid.
Inventor: ROY JOHN GRANT
Filed: 1906-02-22
Granted: 1907-02-21
Abstract: 4355. Roy, J. G. Feb. 22. Secondary batteries.-Electrodes of hollow, rectangular form, having staggered, outwardly-bevelled apertures as described in Specification No. 15,463, A.D. 1901, are provided with vertical ribs c at . intervals connecting the two opposite faces. This grid is filled in with the usual lead paste through the opening at the top.
Patent GB-190604928-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Double Bladed Circular Saws.
Inventor: WAGNER GUSTAV
Filed: 1906-02-28
Granted: 1906-08-02
Abstract: 4928. Wagner, G. Feb. 28. Sawing.-The dividing line of the edges of the teeth placed to the right and left of a doublebladed circular saw is interrupted by the entering of the edges of one or more of the teeth. The teeth, which fit in recesses between lugs alternately disposed in the two blades, so that they overlap, have their feet g sloped off so that the lugs have a greater width at the lower than at the upper part. The teeth e<1>, f<1> are bent in alternate consecutive arrangement so that the cutting-edges i come into the dividing line j, the lugs being pared off to admit of this.
Patent GB-190606270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Check-tills.
Inventor: BLANKENAGEL CARL
Filed: 1906-03-15
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 6270. Blankenagel, C. March 15. Tills.-Relates to tills of the type having a paper strip for writing on and a ring divided into fanshaped compartments for the exhibition of the money and conveyance into the money-drawer. The ring and the writing-device, as well as the lever for effecting the release of the drawer, are operated simultaneously, but independently, from a crank or the like. A detent controlled by the driving-pawl is also provided for the ring. When a handle 1 is turned, the ratchetlevers 25, 7, for operating the ring of compartments 37 and the paper-winding roll or 12, respectively, are operated by a double crank 3 having a connecting-rod 5 to the former lever and acting also on the lever-latch 16 of the drawer 21. The ring has a notched collar 35 for engagement both by the pawl 27 of the ratchet-lever and by a detent 33, and the latter is disengaged by a stud 29 on the former preparatory to driving.
Patent GB-190610726-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Call Bells
Inventor: PARKES THOMAS HARRY
Filed: 1906-05-08
Granted: 1907-04-04
Abstract: 10,726. Parkes, s H. May 8. Smokers' combination articles.-A call bell has its support made partly or wholly in the shape of a bottle or flask c, which by its shape or by the matter displayed thereon serves as an advertisement, a hollow being left on the underside for the reception of the gong b. A tube g having a head g<1> passes through the bottle, and by the aid of a washer g<2> and clapper holder g<3> secures the gong to the bottle. A rod e operated by a spring-controlled or counterweighted sliding stopper d serves to move the clapper f to ring the bell. The base a is shaped like a trough to serve as an ash-tray or to carry matches, and may have a roughened surface for striking the same on, and is provided with perforations to allow the sound to emerge. The stand may be made of glass, wood, earthenware, or metal. In a modification, the base a is formed with shallow receptacles to serve as cigar rests or ash-trays.
Patent GB-190619249-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Sparking Devices for Explosion Engines.
Inventor: HAYDEN WILLIAM BUCK
Filed: 1906-08-28
Granted: 1907-03-07
Abstract: 19,249. Hayden, W. B. Aug. 28. Gas and like engines, igniting in. In electromagnetic sparking-plugs, the circuit for actuating the armature is independent of that for producing the spark, but both receive their current from the same source. A third circuit, closed by a pushbutton, is used to excite the electro-magnet and cause a spark at starting. The plug itself consists of the two portions 1, 2 joined together, with a layer of insulation 11 between them, by screws 10. The portion 1 carries the fixed terminal 5 and is screwed into the cylinder 6, Fig. 6. The portion 2 is provided with an inspection plug 12 and carries a.spindle 36, Fig. 5, with an enlarged head 38, which is recessed to receive the arm 33 which carries the movable terminal 34, preferably of platinum. The head 38 is kept pressed against the face of the portion 2 by a spring, and the outer end of the spindle 36 carries an arm 41, Fig. 5, which can be raised by an adjustable screw 29 carried by the armature 27, Fig. 4. This armature is hinged at 32 and is attracted by the electro-magnet 13 supported by the casing 14, which is fastened by the arm 15 and screws 16 to the portion 2. A bracket 30 on the casing 14 carries an adjustable screw 31 which limits the downward motion of the armature 27. The sparking-points are separated by the spring 42 which presses on the arm 41. Binding-screws 18, 19, 48<a> are provided on the portion 2 of the plug. The current in the armature circuit flows from the source 22, Fig. 6, to the posts 18, 19, magnet 13, back to the posts 18, 19, wire 24, timing-device 25, and switch 26. A second source 44 is coupled to the source 22, and the two sources supply the sparking- circuit, which consists of the wire 45, condenser 46, wire 47, cylinder 48, terminals 5, 34, post 48<a>, and wire'49 to the source. The armature and sparking circuits are independent. A third circuit consisting of the source 53, push-button 50, wire 52, and magnet 13 can be used to generate a spark for starting purposes, to obviate turning the engine. As the portion 2 of the plug is some distance from the hot cylinder, by reason of the long screwthread, it can be kept properly lubricated. The time of firing is well defined by this arrangement, and the vibratory motion of the sparking-points keeps them clean.
Patent GB-190621061-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Protecting the Exposed Ends of Hat Pins and the like
Inventor: MARSH RICHARD HOWARD HAYWOOD
Filed: 1906-09-22
Granted: 1906-11-08
Abstract: 21,061. Marsh, R. H. H., [Proudlock, R. H.]. Sept. 22. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Pins, dress and like.-A point-protector B for hat-pins and other sharp-pointed articles is made of iron or steel, and is magnetized to cause it to adhere to the pin A, which is also magnetized.
Patent GB-190623251-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Submarine Cable Telegraphy.
Inventor: BROWN SIDNEY GEORGE
Filed: 1906-10-19
Granted: 1907-10-17
Abstract: 23,251. Brown, S. G. Oct. 19. Telegraphs.-In submarine telegraphy, part of the slow discharge current from the cable is allowed to pass through the receiver, the effect on the tongue of the relay being modified by a reaction circuit, which tends to throw it back off the drum segment with which it is in contact. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of a duplex system with a relay of the type described in Specification No. 1434, A.D. 1899, preferably having a tongue of the character described in Specification No. 12,500, A.D. 1906. Part of the discharge current from the cable is allowed to pass through the relay coil a by shunting the blocking condenser n by a resistance n<1>, or by increasing its capacity, or otherwise. Post-office. sending-on relays may be arranged in connexion with the conducting-segments a<2> of the relay drum in circuit with a split battery b, the mid-point of which is connected through a recorder c with the reaction circuit e, which comprises adjustable inductive and non-inductive resistances e', e', respectively, and a coil d which is wound upon the relay coil a. The reaction circuit and the coil d are intended to render clear the reversal; of the signalling-current which would be obscured by the discharge current, and to give signals of greater amplitude. Specification No. 3438, A.D. 1903, is also referred to.
Patent GB-190624284-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Removing the Stalk or a Portion thereof from Tobacco Leaves.
Filed: 1906-10-31
Granted: 1907-07-25
Abstract: 24,284. Andrew, C. H., Andrew, H. E. B., and Andrew & Son, C. H. Oct. 31. Tobacco.-Relates to apparatus for removing the stalk or a portion thereof from tobacco leaves. Two endless bands a, preferably flat and of steel, seize the leaf and carry it against a rotary or other cutter l<1>. Diagonally-placed rotary brushes h, which may be replaced by other forms, assist in carrying the leaf forwards and also draw it sideways so as to bring the stalk to the cutter. Guides m are provided for the bands a, which run in grooves n in the edges thereof. The pulleys b round which the bands pass are preferably placed at an angle to one another as shown.